This report presents the results of the output analysis for packaging
materials for 1995 carried out by the RIVM's Laboratory for Waste
Materials and Emissions. This analysis forms part of a monitoring system
for packaging materials mentioned in Article 18 of the Dutch Packaging
Covenant as a means to check on the progress made in realizing the
objectives laid down in this Covenant. It provides information on the
amount, composition and destination of the packaging waste from the
different categories (households, commercial sector and industrial
sector) in 1995, with the accuracy of the data for the different
categories indicated. The results for 1995 are compared with previous
years (1986, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994). Taking into account the
accuracy of the data for the different years, the following conclusions
can be drawn: the total amount of packaging waste did not increase
between 1994 and 1995. The total amount of packaging waste increased by
approximately 13 percent from 1986 till 1995. Several interim targets
were mentioned for 1995 in the Dutch Packaging Covenant. According to
the Covenant the minimal level of material recycling should be 40% in
1995. This target has been realized with an actual level of material
recycling in 1995 of approximately 51%. However, the materials recycled
showed large differences: in 1995: approximately 11% of the plastics and
more than 60% of the paper and cardboard were recycled. The interim
target of reducing the amount of packaging waste to be landfilled in 1995
to 40% of the amount landfilled in 1986 has not been realised. The
amount of packaging waste landfilled decreased between 1986 and 1995 to
approximately 60% of the 1986 level.

This report presents the results of the output analysis for packaging
materials for 1995 carried out by the RIVM's Laboratory for Waste
Materials and Emissions. This analysis forms part of a monitoring system
for packaging materials mentioned in Article 18 of the Dutch Packaging
Covenant as a means to check on the progress made in realizing the
objectives laid down in this Covenant. It provides information on the
amount, composition and destination of the packaging waste from the
different categories (households, commercial sector and industrial
sector) in 1995, with the accuracy of the data for the different
categories indicated. The results for 1995 are compared with previous
years (1986, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994). Taking into account the
accuracy of the data for the different years, the following conclusions
can be drawn: the total amount of packaging waste did not increase
between 1994 and 1995. The total amount of packaging waste increased by
approximately 13 percent from 1986 till 1995. Several interim targets
were mentioned for 1995 in the Dutch Packaging Covenant. According to
the Covenant the minimal level of material recycling should be 40% in
1995. This target has been realized with an actual level of material
recycling in 1995 of approximately 51%. However, the materials recycled
showed large differences: in 1995: approximately 11% of the plastics and
more than 60% of the paper and cardboard were recycled. The interim
target of reducing the amount of packaging waste to be landfilled in 1995
to 40% of the amount landfilled in 1986 has not been realised. The
amount of packaging waste landfilled decreased between 1986 and 1995 to
approximately 60% of the 1986 level.